Description
Evaluate the evidence. Create a draft of the findings of the articles you have selected and how they contribute to our knowledge of this problem. Be sure to address each of the following items in your draft:
1. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each piece.
2. If the articles talk to each other (that is, if they support or contrast with one another), explain how and why.
3. What does the evidence tell us?
4. Is there another possible explanation you can think of? Based on what you have read, what is your hypothesis? In other words, what is your explanation for the findings?
5. How can you refine your question or topic even further, now that you have described the findings?
Your draft should be double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font with normal one-inch margins, written in APA style, and free of typographical and grammatical errors. It should include a title page with a running head and a reference page. The body of the paper should be at least 5-6 pages in length. Submit your paper to the M2: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
You will submit your Review Paper next week, so be sure to incorporate the feedback you receive from your instructor on this assignment into your final paper for next week. You may also want to review the following documents that are available in the Doc Sharing area of the course:
- A sample literature review,
- a PowerPoint document illustrating how to set up your word processor for APA style
- a “Guide for Writing a Literature Review”
If you have any questions about your paper, contact your instructor by posting in the Questions for the Professor or Problems & Solutions areas of the course.
Assignment 3 Grading Criteria | Maximum Points |
Refined and elaborated the paper topic. | 10 |
Organized the findings into a draft. | 10 |
Identified supporting or contrasting themes. | 10 |
Generated an original hypothesis. | 10 |
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. | 10 |
Total: | 50 |

Explanation & Answer

Attached.
Outline for Positive Psychology and Drug Addiction
1) Title
2) Introduction
3) Body
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4) Conclusion
The article findings with their weaknesses and strengths
How the articles support or contrast one another
What the evidence tells us
My hypothesis
How I would refine my question further
Positive Psychology and Drug Addiction
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Review Paper
Shelby Varela
Advanced General Psychology
Instructor: Renee Sullivan
Argosy University
April 28, 2017
Positive Psychology and Drug Addiction
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Draft on literature findings on the impact that positive psychology has on the recovery of
drug addictions
Introduction
This paper will have a draft created from the findings that are in the selected articles. It will
comprise of a discussion on the manner in which each of the selected articles make a
contribution to the presented problem`s knowledge. The strengths as well as the weaknesses of
each article will be highlighted and in addition to that, an explanation will be provided on how
the articles support or contrast each other.
The hypothesis statement will also have to be provided and its creation will be based upon the
articles and the findings in them. When winding up, the topic question that is meant to be
researched will be brought forth having been refined. The articles that were chosen to present the
information used in the research were meant to bring to light the impact that positive psychology
has on the recovery of drug addictions and also in the prevention of possible relapses.
The article findings with their weaknesses and strengths
The first of the two articles used is the Evidence Based Psychological Interventions in Substance
use which had Sonali Jhanjee as its author and was published in the year 2012. In this article,
there were findings made by the author from a study that sought to understand the impact of
positive psychology in the recovery of drug addicts and the prevention of relapses. The study
involved the administration of questionnaires to a total of 126 individuals that were on the road
to recovery from drug addiction and had a minimum abstinence record from drug abuse of 6
months.
Positive Psychology and Drug Addiction
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Out of the many aspects that positive psychology comprised of, there were factors that became
the best reference points in the recovery from the addiction shackles among the individuals that
were involved in the study. These factors ...
